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This mornin' when I woke,
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You'd gone and left a note.
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Said you'd be at your mother's for a while.
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I finished work,
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And called you on the phone,
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Then I took the long way home.
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I read your list of jobs,
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Wash the dishes, walk the dog.
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I'll get around to them real soon.
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You said we needed bread,
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I hit the tackle shop instead.
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Then I took the long way home.
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I'm taking the long way home,
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I ain't in no hurry.
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The fish is out, the cat's been fed,
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And I don't have to worry
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'Bout bein' on a promise that I've already blown,
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'Cause tonight I'm takin' the long way home.
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Called in to my mate Stu,
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To sample his home brew.
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Before too long we started rambling on.
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Well I got up to leave,
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But his wife she took my keys.
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Sure was a long way home.
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I'm taking the long way home,
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I ain't in no hurry.
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The bird is out, the cat's been fed,
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And I don't have to worry
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'Bout bein' on a promise that I've already blown,
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'Cause tonight I'm takin' the long way home.
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Well I checked my answer phone,
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You said you was comin' home.
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I thought I had till Sunday afternoon.
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I haven't done a thing,
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And I can feel that rolling pin.
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I might take the long way home.
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I'm taking the long way home,
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I ain't in no hurry.
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The dog is out, the cat's been fed,
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And I don't have to worry
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'Bout bein' on a promise that I've already blown,
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'Cause tonight I'm takin' the long way,
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Might just be the wrong way,
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Tonight I'm takin' the long way home.
